LAW-705 : Civil Rights Planning

 This course is an introduction to the practical, procedural, and substantive planning engaged in by lawyers helping to develop remedies for violations of the rights of minorities and women. These remedies include litigation, legislative and regulatory advocacy, demonstrations, and public information campaigns. Students will write a research paper on the strategy and tactics of civil rights lawyering, based not only on library work but also on interviews with civil rights practitioners. Our focus for this year will be “trouble spots” like racial profiling, hate crimes, discrimination against consumers, employment discrimination, voting rights, housing discrimination and discrimination in public education.  We will also look at citizen action and access to local government.